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Home Made Miracle Grow – Make your Own Homemade Plant Foods

Make your own home made Miracle Grow as well as several other plant foods easily with epsom salt, baking soda and household ammonia. This DIY Miracle Grow fertilizer is a more organic way to feed your plants. The homemade plant food recipe is easy to make and works really well!

Many people who garden do not like to use commercial products to fertilize their plants. They prefer more natural ingredients. Green is in when it comes to gardening. If this is you…you are in luck. Here is a recipe to make your own Miracle Grow style plant foodas well as a four other homemade plant fertilizers.

Normal retail plant fertilizers often contain chemicals that are not environmentally friendly. Some can even harm your plants! They are also quite expensive. Many gardeners like to make their own home made versions of these plants with items found around the home.

Organic farmers have long used manure to fertilize their gardens, and many home gardeners use compost as a form of enriching the soil to add nutrients. Many plants need additional fertilizing and that is where these home made recipes will help.

What is homemade Miracle Grow?

Traditional Miracle-Gro plant food us a synthetic garden fertilizer that contains ammonium phosphate and several other chemicals. Many organic gardeners don’t like to use it and try to make use of other more natural forms of fertilizer, such as having compost piles, or making their own products to use.

The recipe for home made Miracle Grow is made from water, epsom salts, baking soda and a very small amount of household ammonia. It is thought to be a more natural way to fertilize plants.

Can you fertilize too much?

While fertilizing plants, either with one of these home made solutions or your favorite retail product, is a good idea, sometimes, it can be a case of too much of a good thing. Here are some common problems with over-fertilizing plants.

Root burn

The roots of plants can suffer damage if fertilizer is used too often. Some lower quality fertilizers contain Urea, which is a source of nitrogen. Many plants are sensitive to this ingredient.

Over-fertilizing can also lead to a build up of soluble salts in the soil. This can burn the roots of plants, as well as their leaves. Too many soluble salts will cause leaves to wilt and turn yellow and the margins and tips to turn brown. The plant may then slow down growth or, in some cases, show no growth at all!

Plants that are suffering from root burn will be stunted in grown and will sometimes stop flowering. If the condition is serious enough, the roots might shrivel and become incapable of delivering moisture to the plants and they can die.

Pests and Diseases

It may seem counter intuitive, but too much fertilizer can result in SO much lush growth that the foliage will attract pests such as aphids which will feed on the plants.

How to recognize a plant that has had too much fertilizer

For lightly damaged plants, they will wilt and look generally unwell. For more serious fertilizer burn, you might see a white, salty crust on the surface of the soil. If you see this, flood the plant with water to try and flush out some of the excess salts. This will remove the excess fertilizer from the top layers of the soil.

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Compost Tea Fertilizer

I love making use of items that would normally be thrown away. For this fertilizer, we’ll be using two common kitchen scraps that are great for adding nutrients to plants.

Get a clean glass jar. Add water to the jar. (Rain water is best, but unchlorinated water works too.) Keep it on your counter. Whenever you use eggs, crunch up the shells and put them into the jar. The same goes for used coffee grounds. (Tea bags also work.) Once you have quite a bit of this mix, add more water, shake and let it sit for a while.

It will need to sit for several days and you will need to shake it every day. Do not keep the jar in direct sunlight.

After about a week, strain the mix and strain it though a paper towel or some cheesecloth into another bottle. That is all there is to it. Just the a few tablespoons of the strained “compost tea” fertilizer to your watering can and water your plants.

Weed compost tea

Composting is great for making humus to add to your soil, but there is a version of it that is also makes a great fertilizer by using weeds and rain water.

This fertilizer is similar to the coffee/tea version above but you use weeds from your garden. Don’t use any weeds that have been treated with herbicides. Place the weeds in a jar with rain water. Cover and place the jar in the sun.

The mixture will smell really foul, but in a week you will have your “weed compost tea.” This mixture is by far more effective than Miracle Grow and will last the entire season in the ground for outdoor plants.

Epsom salt fertilizer

This produce also makes a great DIY fertilizer for your indoor plants, peppers, roses, potatoes, and tomatoes. The reason for this because Epsom salt contains the two important minerals needed by these plants.

Epsom salt can help to improve flowering and it also enhances a plant’s green color. Some plants will even get more bushy when watered with epsom salts as a fertilizer.

To make Epsom salt fertilizer, just mix 2 tablespoon of Epsom salt to a gallon of water. Combine it well and mist your plants with the solution once a month when you water them. If you spray more often, just weaken the solution to 1 tablespoon of the salt to a gallon of water.

Fish tank water fertilizer

Put the water in your aquarium to good use by watering your plants with it!

Fish tank water has similar effects to those that fish emulsion fertilizer does. A bonus is that it doesn’t require any labor at all. Just save all the dirty fish tank water and use it for watering your plants. Fish water contains nitrogen and other important nutrients that the plants need.

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Other Examples of Natural Fertilizers

If you like the idea of using natural fertilizers, here are some other options that you can use to make your garden grow better.

Mulch

Grass clippings, leaves that have been collected and then shredded and old pieces of hay are examples of natural materials that break down and improve your soil, making it more fertile. ‘

If you add mulch yearly (particularly if you combine it with compost) it will improve your soil’s ability to absorb nitrogen and other nutrients.

Mulching also helps with moisture control and helps to prevent weeds.

Compost

Most organic gardeners are aware of the benefits of adding compost to gardens. Some even swear by adding some to every hole dug for planting.

Compost is made from a composition of brown and green (dried and moist) organic matter that combines and breaks down to make humus – a nutrient rich form of organic matter.

Compost is free (if you have your own compost pile). It provides the soil with a wonderful, well balanced mixture of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, which all plants need for healthy growth.

Bone Meal

Bone meal is a mixture of finely ground animal bones and other waste products from slaughter houses. It is used as an organic fertilizer for plants, as well as a nutritional supplement for animals.

It is a slow release fertilizer that provides a good source of phosphorus and protein.

Manure

Manure comes from livestock animals such as chickens, horses, cattle and sheep. It adds essential nutrients to the soil and improves the quality of the soil as well.

Gardens that are amended with manure are able to retain water efficiently. One does need to be careful using manure, since it can cause food-borne illness, so use it well in advance of harvesting a vegetable garden. (at least 60 days.)

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She did not finish her recipe on this after she said water all your plants she forgot to put by mixing 1/8 two 1/4 of the concentrate with 4 cups of water in a watering can so what she gave you is the concentrate formula and forgot to put that you have to add that with 4 cups of water so please pass this on

City Slickers, I feel so sorry for them.. hopefully some of them will be able to learn a few things about gardening. ..before times get really really hard… and they are coming…. otherwise they will All Starve to death.. because there will be no stores to run out to to get food from.. so the more they can learn how to plant a garden , harvest it, and can what that garden produces. . THE MORE AHEAD OF THE GAME THEY WILL BE…..

I was from the city and we moved to NH 12 years ago. I didn’t know much about growing veggies, but I started getting interested last year and thanks to all of you who do know, I have been growing cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers green onions , and lots of herbs! I’m trying. I have always hated the city, love the country! Thanks for all your help!

I lived in Maine for 27 years, so I know that part of the country! Carol

Peg

07/19/2016 at 11:57 am

That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. You country people think you are so superior, but I can tell you, I’ve lived in the city all my life. I own a business growing tomato, pepper and other seed from scratch and my heirloom, organic, healthy plants are in demand. I know about cows chickens, horses and horseback riding, etc. Being a city dweller DOES NOT make us ignorant, stupid or foolish. I’m really fed up and offended with the attitude of country people like you who think you are so superior. As the papa in My Big Fat Greek Wedding said to his new in-laws, “…you are apples and we are oranges, but in the end we’re all fruits!” So Mr. Fruity go plant your garden and I challenge you to make it better than my and many other city dwellers gardens.

Grow up Peg, and get over yourself. Check that attitude at the door, and enjoy the website for what it’s worth, or go away.
You sound very insecure about yourself, or you wouldn’t be rambling on so much about YOURSELF.
We all live in the country if think about it. Just enjoy life and listen more than you talk. That’s why we were all give twice as many ears as mouths!

Marlene

01/06/2017 at 3:08 pm

You are right, it was a very insulting remark and you can find excellent gardens of all kinds in cities but don’t let what was written rattle you. Life is too short and full of precious moments and things to fill our minds and lives. Don’t let the critical generalization of one person mar such a beautiful thing as gardening. You don’t have to prove anything to anyone. Blessings.

Gia

03/05/2017 at 10:26 pm

This thread.wasn’t created for individuals to criticize each other, but for each of us to learn and grow better gardens.
I enjoy all the tips and tricks offered here from so many experienced growers. I hope to build a better garden through the information each writer has shared here ?

Carol

03/05/2017 at 11:32 pm

Thanks Gia. I agree. This is the only post on my entire blog that has criticism of each other. Not the norm for sure! Carol

Then you should tell your big city News media to stop interviewing city born-and-bred 18-25 year old Mall Bunnies for all the laughs the can produce out here in the real world. They are at once both very funny and extremely pitiable, and therefore shed a poor light on all (or most)(or some) city dwellers. We used to label their responses by Pollock, or blondes, or hillbillies but that is no longer Politically Correct.

You should start a worm farm on your rooftop and see what response you get from a poll of your neighbors, and report back to us. That might give us a better perspective of how “off” those Sidewalk/TV interviews are. :op

Dede

05/09/2017 at 11:04 pm

I didnt hear anyone call city ppl ignorant. I live in Chesapeake, Va. Grow everything organic. Use home remedies like Epsom salt, cayenne pepper,mild soap ext. Relax & dont be so mean spirited.

Dede

05/09/2017 at 11:15 pm

Peg, try 1gallon of apple cider vinegar, 1lb. of salt & 1 bottle of Dawn. You will never use Roundup again. I have 4 dogs live in the city & dont want harmful chemicals. This recipe will kill weeds in ab 4hrs. ?

Freda Cotten

05/22/2017 at 7:06 pm

I agree, i’m be able to learn from you alsonot from the city ,actually i’m a farmers daughter, but i like to learn other forms of gardening,we should’nt treat other people that way.Peg it looks like i might

Debbie

05/28/2018 at 7:37 pm

I lived in small towns & in the country for most of my life. But I don’t know any more about gardening then your average city slicker. There are people in the city that don’t even know what creatures house the meat they eat. Most don’t try growing a garden because they generally don’t have room. So I actually don’t think she meant any harm. Take it with a grain of salt. You know more than most. I would be proud too if I were you.

Kat

06/13/2018 at 9:48 am

I thing what the people Nancy was talking about were ‘City People’ to me that is the worst insult you can say to someone. I do not mean urban dwellers, which is what Peg is. (Although her attitude about country people makes me wonder, I think she’s just jealous) ‘City People move to a rural area and want to change it to the city( they’re the ones who complain about a rooster crowing)

Scott

07/14/2018 at 4:46 pm

Why can’t you get a picture of a bunch of farmers because they’re all standing in a line

Not to an end… But, there are some MAJOR changes on the horizon. And we all should be prepared. :o)

Karin

01/13/2017 at 12:32 am

I think your attack on people who live in cities is uncalled for. If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all. Don’t you think it’s sad that people need to be mean to others in order to feel better about themselves.

Always saying “nice” things is very nice, but usually not very informative. When learn when we rationally discuss opposing views, not when we are “nice” to the most “feckless person” in the room. (For example, I just had to find “feckless person” as the “nicest” word I could use to replace ‘moron’. ‘imbecile’, ‘retard’, ‘half-wit’. ‘dummy’, ‘simpleton’. or ‘cretin’… all of which are applicable, easier to say or write, but no longer Politically Correct.)

The problem is we are now faced with leaders in all fields of study that we treat nicely instead of pointing out their real attributes (see list above). MOST city dwellers are not prepared for any emergency… look at the catastrophes of recent years and tell me I’m wrong. According to FEMA we have had an average of 122 Disasters per year for the last 10 years (one every 3 days).

And some have tried for decades to “nicely” tell people how to prepare for such emergencies. So which of the above labels do not apply to those that “simply” wont listen?

Pat

05/22/2017 at 8:53 pm

I agree. I have lived in the country and the suburbs. Nice people both places.

Nita

06/09/2017 at 8:44 am

Yes I do. Very uncalled for.
I come to learn.take what I need an leave the not for me.

Gonna try this recipe starting today, the original posted, water, Epsom salt, baking soda, ammonia, dilute 1/8 to 1/4 mixture with 4 cups water in watering can. Looking forward to seeing the results!
Read all the info, glad I made it through the City/Country debate. 😜

Ammonia is a household cleaner, not a gas. Ammonia does not have to be gaseous, much like anything else having multiple states(forms) it can be used in. The naturally occuring state & the state at which something is needed to be in for it to become useful, may not be the same.

I tried the recipe for Home Made Miracle Grow and I’m amazed at the positive changes in my yard plants within a few days with just one serving. I also make home grown compost. I stopped by an Asian Market that sells fresh fish and asked if I could have a bucket of fish guts as they call them. They gave them to me and I made compost and that year I had tomato plants grow more than 8 feet high producing lots of delicious tasting tomatoes. Have pictures to prove it. Yes, I could have probably purchased fish fertilizer but preferred making my own. I was raised in the country and later lived in San Francisco. I prefer the country anytime where one can actually witness the seasons come and go. We no longer live in the city. To each her own.
Carmenrella

Every time I read directions on this sort of thing it always says add to your plants once a month/week but how much of the solution do I actually add to them? I don’t want to add too little or too much…

I agree. Every time I read a post referring to “chemical free” herbicide or fertilizer, my first thought is, wait just a cotton pickin minute … All of these elements ARE chemicals. Heck, I’m made of chemicals. everything, both natural and not-so-natural is made of chemicals. I am also a lifelong gardener. My garden is totally organic … and it’s loaded with chemicals – LOL !!!

Hi Theresa … there was no mention of ” chemicals ” in this article . You might have a degree in chemistry , as I do , but you failed to see the importance of this recipe using ..” HOUSEHOLD ITEMS ” ; as opposed to commercial chemicals used in all fertilizers .

do you use the home made miracle grow after mixing in galjug straight on the plants or do you mix just a small amount of the homemade miracle grow to another jusg of water to weaken tstrength ofthe mixture before putting on plants? would putting the mixture on the plants burn if not mixed with more water?

The mixture is diluted in water for the recipe, so it can be used straight but you would only use a small amount of it. About what you would use for any liquid fertilizer. Otherwise you could burn the plants.

OK…The question was and is ” How much do you add to your plants”
A little bit is not an answer.
A tablespoon once a month for a 4″ pot is an answer…a tsp once a month for a 4″ pot is an answer….
So can someone please answer the question.

Dilute it 10 to 15 parts to water and use it as you water once a month is what I consider a little bit. For any home made recipe it is always good to dilute well and test with your own pots and soil, since all are different. If this formula is too weak then add more.

Any idea what that “homemade”, basically salt-water actually breaks down to being, when compared to MiracleGro’s guaranteed analysis of: 24(%)-08(%)-16(%), obviously referring to the immediately available Nitrogen, Phosphate & Potash. What percent(%) of which plant nutrients(N, P&K; specifically) is immediately available to the plants, if you mix according to the recipe, to make 1gal of “homemade concentrate”, that you will then thin down with more water, to a dilution ratio of 1part “concentrate”, to 10parts water. Now, you’ve already made the concentrate & reduced it again when you added some to fill the watering can, that diluted solution, of 1part concentrate for every 10 parts water, but a 1:15 is a easier ratio to calculate because its 1cup(part) solution plus 15cups (parts) water = 16cups (1-gal.) Of plant ready water blend, what is the immediately available nutrient percentages (%)???
Like what are the numbers, exactly; not almost, near, about, allitle less, a little more than, or any other approximate measurement, like “a handful”. WTF IS THAT? An open hand, a closed fistful, because i can put a whole lot in a handful of gold dust, hahaha.
So, what does each bit represent? A teaspoon of epsom salt in a gallon equals what % of what, etc.
Break it down, number by number, PLEASE! I’ve asked many & none have an answer.

Homemade is all well in good, I have not used, or been able to use, all the premixed home cleaning products on the market due to allergies for several years. So I have learned to go back to BASICS. Not city not country, not chemical free. But purer ingredients, such as Borax, Vingegar, oil and elbow grease. If you want precise directions, use miracle grow. If you want to make from what you have on hand, it will have to be adjusted for your purposes. But honestly, right from the ammonia question, it was quick to see, most don’t have these items ON HAND. Fyi Windex, mostly ammonia, Bath Salts and Medicated Bathing Crystals, mostly Epsom salts. Disinfecting cleaning with bleach, mostly bleach. So just go with Miracle Grow,

So it sounds like put 1 cup into 1 gallon of water, and use this mix once a month instead of straight water and then just water normally.
I prefer mixing products 1/4 of the suggested strength and use weekly, after all we don’t eat 15lbs of vegetables once a month, we spread it throughout the month.

Hi Michelle. Oh my gosh. I can’t believe I didn’t notice this before. Thanks so much for alerting me. Yes, it is baking soda. I have fixed the article so that the recipe is correct now.
Kind regards,
Carol

Thank you for posting this formula! It’s a great reminder that commercially-manufactured products aren’t the only option. We’ve featured it in our recent blog post “10 {Easy} Eco-Friendly Backyard Projects”.

A solution of 1 teaspoon baking soda to 1 gallon of water reduces instances of leaf burn. Add 1 teaspoon dormant oil and ½ teaspoon of dish soap or horticultural soap as a surfactant to help the mixture stick. Keep in mind the solution is water soluble, so apply on a dry cloudy day for best results.

I’d steer clear of the ammonia… “diluted ammonia makes the soil more alkaline. However, over time, which can be as soon as several days, it’s converted to nitrate, making the soil more acid, which isn’t best for all plants and might create an environment in which plants have difficulty getting the nutrients they need. ”

For mildew on squash and pumpkins I’ve had success with spraying diluted milk on them.

In reference to the fish tank water hint. I learned the hard way that you cannot use turtle tank water. We have a red eared slider and I got the brilliant idea to use her water for the plants. I used it on my pepper plants and within a couple of weeks, they were dead. I was utterly devastated. In hindsight, I think I probably should have really diluted it down good and then tried it, but live and learn. Now I just stick to my Epsom salt, egg shells, and coffee grounds.

How would this DIY recipe affect the taste of tomatoes? Would it change the taste and in what way?
I love DIY ways at most everything that I do.

I have planted seven different varieties of tomatoes this spring searching for the perfect,, tart, acidic, sour,
NOT SWEET, tomatoes for basic homegrown tomato sandwiches.

Most fertilizers, DIY or commercial seems to always tout more tomatoes, sweeter, bigger, prettier, etc etc.
I don’t care about big and pretty this year, I just won’t a good tasting, tomato with a nice acidic sting to the tongue when bitten in to.

Epsom salts are awesome for tomatoes. You can add a tablespoon to the planting holes when planting or add some to you soil before you plant or use the liquid as a feed. I believe it also helps guard against blossom end rot on your tomatoes.

I have used a hose end sprayer to apply my DIY miracle grow. I use pond water from my fish pond rather than liquid ammonia with good success. I read several articles where human urine is good for plants due to the nitrogen and trace minerals. I already have nitrogen in the pond water so I thought how do I get trace minerals into the mix. Well humans take vitamins, so I took 3 cheap multi vitamins and ran them through the coffee grinder and added them to the mix. My plants are all doing very well especially my peppers. I don’t know if my crazy idea is the reason or not but everything is green and growing fast. I do have a heavy clay soil so my hopes were the added trace minerals would help spur plant growth.

Trace minerals can be toxic to plants if too much is added over time. For watering my plants, I take the water from my planted aquariums that already have the optimum amount of NPK, micro and macro nutrients as is displayed from the healthy, thriving plants growing in the aquarium, and water my garden plants with the weekly water change water. I stick a “Python” siphon into the tank and drain the water straight into both my potted house plants and outside plants. Once every few months, I remove the mulm from my filters and pour it onto all the plants as well. I never have to worry about dosing the non-aquartic plants as I focus on the dosing of the aquarium instead. As long as my aquarium plants are gorgeous and growing, I know the non-aquatic plants will be happy as well.

I also keep shrimp in the aquariums as shrimp are much more delicate than fish. They also keep the aquarium clean and algae free. Any toxins or extreme ph imbalance will kill the shrimp. If the shrimp are happy and prolifically breeding, I know that the water I am applying to my vegetables will not be toxic to the plants or any humans consuming them when harvested. Of course, this method only works if one loves plants so much that one wants them growing in an aquarium.

Before my Dad passed away, I would haul five gallon containers of the tank water and mulm to him. Be warned that relatives tend to want the tank water from you after they see the difference in your plants to theirs. You might want to keep it a secret if you go the planted aquarium route.

Hi Carol. Although I water regularly, the leaves on my Black-eyed Susans are getting dry and twisted and it’s seem to be spreading. After doing some research; Verticillium Wilt seems to be the culprit. Ammonia sulfate was noted to be something I can add to the soil to help stop this. Have you had any experience with this “Wilt”? Do you think the DIY Miracle Grow recipe best reflects the formula for ammonia sulfate? Thank you for any input in advance!

Hi Ella. I have not had experience with Vertcillum Wilt. I also do not know if the ammonia sulfate will be affected by using the DIY Miracle Grow. My advice would be to try the ammonia sulfate to the soil and see what happens. When plant is suffering from disease, I would not use any fertilizer until it recovers. Carol

Hi I am making up some homemade miracle grow and was wondering if it is safe for tomato plants or should I use just epsoms salt and water for them. My next question is how much do u add the whole gallon? Thank you! Mitzi

Hi Mitzi. I have not tried just epsom salt and water, but the miracle grow recipe has epsom salt in it. It is fine to use on any plants. No don’t use the whole gallon. That would likely kill the plant. Add about 1/8 cup or so of the mixture to 3 or 4 cups of water. Carol

Regarding ammonia, you can use a vegetarian’s pee (think rabbit, chicken, goat or if you are a vegan…) ….. put it in that compost tea jar and let it sit for about a month. No need to go out to buy ammonia. My plants grow crazy for this stuff. If you want to cut the acid, add a little ash or lime.

FYI Household Ammonia was as common as dish soap in the cleaning supplies of most homes before 1970. It’s not used so much anymore, but was used for many things. You will likely have plenty of this liquid left over for years to come according to this recipe. Just a word of caution. AVOID mixing it with chlorine bleach. You will definitely get deadly vapors!

Love it! I have used it this whole season and very pleased with the results!!!!! TY so much for sharing such a wonderful, cheap, healthy alternative food for my veggie garden plants, flowers and house plants…they are thriving!!! 🙂

Lest we forget vinegar is an acid . Water H2 O2 Two parts Hydrogen to two parts Oxygen. Hydrogen is gas not vinegar and water supplies air which is a gas as well. Glad you are sharing your knowledge with the rest of us. You do not have to be an expert here. Like your attitude. Being gracious never goes out of style.

Hi Carol,
Ok, so I have the gallon of diy Miracle grow made. Now what, do I add water to this when applying or not, if so how much? Can I put it in a miracle grow sprayer and hook it to the hose and spray the plants? I have a lot of plants to be doing each plant individually. Thanks for information in advance.
Peepers

Hi Pat. Mix mixing a 1/8 -1/4 of the concentrate with 4 cups of water in a watering can and water as normal. I have not tried hooking it up to a sprayer and the hose to spray plants so I am not sure how it would work. Carol

Hello all.
I didn’t read every post…I just didn’t want to continue thinking it just might get out of hand. Not sure if anyone mentioned this or not…I have used just plain BOILING WATER to help kill off unwanted items in the gardening world. I realize it is not the easiest thing to do, but it works!!

I am no expert in gardening, sharing your knowledge and experienced of the people involved in the conversation mean a lot to me. I realized I need to research and learn more. I bookmark your website so I can learn more and discover something useful to my small garden. I love you people. Happy gardening to all. Thank you in sharing.

I have several large self-watering containers. They each hold 25 gallons of soil and each has a reservoir that holds about 3 gallons of water. What if I poured 1/4 of the ammonia/epsom/baking soda concentrate down the fill pipe into the reservoir?

OMG I found a similar recipe a year ago and have been using it on houseplants, full strength, no wonder I am always buying larger pots. I will stop that immediately. I am thankful I have not killed them. Thank you Carol for the clarification!

Great write-up! I just posted this on Facebook and my followers really enjoyed it. I browse your site fairly often but I’ve never thought to comment. Anyway, keep up the good work. I really enjoy your posts.

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